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Sustainability

Forestry Practices

The Douglas Fir veneers in a Warmboard-S Radiant Subfloor panel are harvested in Oregon in a manner that complies with the Oregon Forest Practices Act which promotes sustainable forest harvesting, protects wildlife habitats and limits clearcuts. The OSB found in our Warmboard–R panel is harvested under similar guidelines in the forests of Canada.

Formaldehyde-safe

Formaldehyde is an organically produced substance which is naturally present in our atmosphere, all wood products, many of our foods and even human blood (which contains about 0.3 parts per million). At these very low levels it is quite safe. The concern about formaldehyde arises because some wood products are manufactured using Urea based adhesives, which can outgas substantial amounts of formaldehyde raising levels in your home, well above safe, naturally occurring levels. Warmboard uses a Phenolic based adhesive. This adhesive is extremely durable, waterproof, and contributes only trace levels of formaldehyde to your home; well below levels considered safe by the most stringent standards. The U.S. Government asserts, "phenolic resin-bonded wood products do not cause significant formaldehyde related problems." Click here to read the full APA Technical Report on Structural Wood Panels and Formaldehyde.

Wood - strong, renewable, resistant

Plywood was the first type of engineered wood. The seven plies in Warmboard-S are cross-laminated under high heat and pressure using enormously strong, water resistant adhesives. Warmboard-S panels are extremely durable, resistant to warping, shrinking or twisting, and function as a superior structural subfloor in your home. Warmboard–R is made from a similarly strong 13/16" OSB composite. From an environmental viewpoint, wood takes far less energy to produce, compared to concrete, steel, or cement. Wood is also renewable and has excellent insulation properties.

Recycled Aluminum

The top surface of a Warmboard panel is a thick plate of aluminum permanently adhered to our channeled plywood. This thick aluminum is stamped in highly sophisticated dies to match Warmboard’s modular channel pattern. The stamping process is unique to Warmboard and employs a beeswax based, water soluble, biodegradable die lubricant. This stamping process ensures that the aluminum plate is continuous even throughout the contours of our channel pattern so that flow of heat from tubing to plate to your finish floor goods is optimized. We push our performance even further by using 1060 aluminum alloy, which contains at least 20% recycled aluminum and is the highest quality, most conductive alloy available. This elegantly engineered use of aluminum is the heart of our industry leading energy efficiency.

Because of it’s high conductivity, Warmboard’s 12 on center tubing outperforms other panels using 6 on center tubing.

Grand Park, [Co.] is committed to creating a community that sets new standards for quality in Grand County…Grand Park has incorporated the practices of green building into the first neighborhood…One of the most luxurious features in the homes is the use of Warmboard radiant heat. Widely accepted as the most comfortable, healthy and energy efficient form of heat, Warmboard is especially attractive because its systems are easily zoned and have a fast response time, reducing energy usage by heating only the occupied rooms or regions…Because of it’s high conductivity, Warmboard’s 12″ on center tubing outperforms other panels using 6″ on center tubing. This spacing also results in lower material usage. It replaces a traditional plywood sub-floor, further reducing wood usage while its high conductivity reduces the amount of tubing and manifolds needed. - Kirsten Laraby, Grand Park Co., Marketing Director

Welcome to Warmboard, Simply Smarter Radiant Heat

Warmboard was invented in 1992 by Architect and entrepreneur Terry Alsberg. It has since become one of the fastest growing and most popular radiant heating systems. Two things drive growth and popularity of Warmboard:

More comfortable radiant floor heating

Warmboard adjusts its radiant heat output to quickly match changing heat loads throughout the day and night. This gives you the exact feeling of warmth you desire from a radiant floor heat system. The goal of any radiant floor heating system is to ensure that the temperature that you feel in your home is exactly the temperature you desire, and to maintain this ideal comfort minute by minute, hour by hour. No other radiant heat system can match the precise control and fast response of a low mass Warmboard radiant heat system.

More energy efficient radiant floor heating

Warmboard is simply more conductive compared to all the other radiant heat systems. The job of a radiant heat system is to conduct heat from water in a tube to the surface of a radiant floor. This is why in radiant floor heating, conductivity is king. It is a simple law of physics that as conductivity goes up, water temperature goes down. It always saves money to heat water to a lower temperature, and therefore Warmboard is more energy efficient than all other radiant heat systems.